Are you interested in driving Swedbank’s continued transformation by taking a leading role in key initiatives?

• The financial industry is facing disruptive changes in terms of technology, innovation, and fierce competition. Consequently, it has become even more important for Swedbank to strengthen our foundation by transforming ourselves into the next generation bank. Therefore, the Swedbank Group Strategy explicitly states the importance of transformation the upcoming years to reach our Strategic Direction.
• To drive Swedbank’s group transformation, Structural Cost PMO plays a key role. Structural Cost PMO acts as internal management consultants, leveraging the consultancy toolbox to deliver exceptional results in terms of increasing Swedbank’s overall profitability. This could include taking the role as project/program managers in initiatives within the categories company structure, process efficiency or sourcing/outsourcing with the ambition to increase achieve tangible bottom-line P&L results. To continue doing this, we are now seeking a new talent to strengthen our small team of ambitious professionals.

In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

• Be part of a small team that will invest in your development, gain immediate visibility with Swedbank’s top management and play an active role in Swedbank’s most interesting initiatives across the entire group, e.g.:
  • Personalized onboarding throughout your first years at Swedbank, ensuring that you can deliver and develop in Swedbank’s complex environment
  • Dedicated and close coaching to ensure you develop further and deliver the top-notch results we strive for
  • Be empowered to take responsibility for deliverables and key initiatives of strategic importance across all parts of the bank and get recognized for your contributions right from the start

• Utilize the management consultancy toolbox and an ambitious mind-set to support and drive Swedbank’s transformation to increase profitability and accelerate operational efficiency, e.g.:
  • Act as program/project manager in structural cost initiatives
  • Initiate programs/projects including suggesting scope, suitable setup and workstreams, and required cross functional team resources and expertise
  • Build fact base foundation to create a common understanding of current way of working, establishing baseline and business cases, identify improvement potentials and conduct market analysis
  • Follow-up status and progression of multiple workstreams and cross-functional teams to reach common objectives and targets
  • Lead change management involving many stakeholders across large parts of the Swedbank organization
  • Prepare implementation of new solutions and transformations related to initiatives within company structure, process efficiency and/or sourcing/outsourcing

What is needed in this role:

• Two to three years’ experience within one the following areas:
  • Experience from advanced and complex analytical work e.g., management consultancy at top tier firm or similar
  • Experience from business development and/or driving change/improvements from start to end

• Educational degree – Master’s degree in Engineering/Science (and preferably a second degree in Business, Economics or similar)
• Fully fluent in written and oral English and Swedish
• Genuine interest in technology (Swedbank’s transformation always has an element of IT into it)
• Advanced user of the consultancy toolbox, e.g. presentations and analysis

The strategic transformation associate has high qualifications and a proven track record in terms of:

• Drive & Aspiration – Strong sense of ownership in all deliverables to deliver with high quality, timely and effective results, at all times
• Analytics – Capacity to structure, analyze and synthesis large data sets in a time effective way
• Leadership & Cooperation – Ability and personal interest in successfully engaging many stakeholders across large parts of the Swedbank organization, and peers, towards a common target. Seen as a positive force people want to follow and cooperate with

With us, you can experience:

• Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
• Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
• An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
• Benefits such as our share based reward program Eken, company pension plan, employee offer for banking products, health insurance.

"Join our team and...

be part of a small team composed of professionals with the task to support and drive Swedbank’s transformation to meet future demands from our customers and continue to build on our competitive edge in a transforming market. Henrik Liljeblad, your future manager’s manager that works closely with the team. 

Take this opportunity to receive personalized onboarding and coaching to boost your skills - and get the chance to do work that truly makes a difference! You will have the possibility to work with and influence decision makers at all levels of the Bank while being surrounded and supported by like-minded professionals within our team." Svante Ringertz, your future manager

We look forward to receiving your application by 30.04.2025. 

Location: Stockholm

Recruiting manager: Svante Ringertz, +46 72 208 09 29

We may begin the selection during the application period, so we welcome your application as soon as possible.

Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion or disability – everybody is welcome.